You get yourself new workout clothes, a pair of sneakers and of course, a 6-month gym membership!

Oh, and let’s not forget all the googling that we’ll do about meal plans, calorie counting, cheat days, best stretches and a thousand other tiny details that will keep us preoccupied for the next 3 weeks.

We’ll soon start debating with people in the office and in the forums about the best workouts.

But after 3 weeks or even less…..

The excitement starts to wane down.

You look in the mirror and don’t see any changes.

You get on the scale and you haven’t lost a fraction of a pound.

You wait for people to compliment you but no one seems to notice any changes.

Not even your significant other.

What’s worse?

You meet your classmate back in high school whom you’ve never seen since 1997 and he tells you